ROBIN
LEWIN - brief history

I was
born in Gosport Hampshire in the early 2nd world war years. My
Father, George, was a soldier and my Mother, Gladys came from a
farming background in the Isle of Wight. I am the middle of five
children with two elder brothers, David and Patrick, a younger sister
Pamela and another younger brother Michael.

I had a
basic secondary school education and, at the tender age of 15, joined
the RAF as a Boy entrant. I spent 24 years in the RAF in which time I
was lucky enough to see various parts of the world, notably Singapore
1961 - 1963, Gan (a small Island in the Indian Ocean) 1968 - 1969 and
two years secondment to the Kenyan Air Force 1970 – 1972. I
left the RAF as a senior None Commissioned officer in January 1980.
However my association with the Ministry of defence was to continue
for the rest of my working life as I was then employed as a Civil
Servant working on Naval weapon systems and for the last seven years
as the Health & Safety Advisor at RAF Kinloss. I was forced to
retire in June 2001 because of the MoDs Policy to retire personnel at
60.

I met my
wife Dorothy whilst serving at RAF Aldergrove in 1965 and we were
married in Newtownards Northern Island in 1966. We have two
offspring, Sarah who was born in Nairobi Kenya and Andrew who was
born in Emsworth Hampshire.